US6446690B1 - Antislipping device - Google Patents

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US6446690B1
US6446690B1 US09/622,723 US62272300A US6446690B1 US 6446690 B1 US6446690 B1 US 6446690B1 US 62272300 A US62272300 A US 62272300A US 6446690 B1 US6446690 B1 US 6446690B1
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Werner Deger
Helmut Kaiser
Thilo Ernst Schaffert
Eugen Liesch
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C27/00—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels
    • B60C27/06—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels extending over the complete circumference of the tread, e.g. made of chains or cables
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C27/00—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels
    • B60C27/006—Non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels provided with protective parts, e.g. rubber elements to protect the rim portion

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  • the invention relates to an anti-skid device having a running net which is connected by connecting elements at a plurality of connecting points Lo an inner fixing device and to an outer fixing device which is designed as a disc in the vicinity of the circumference of said inner fixing device, the connecting elements which are assigned to the outer fixing device being designed as end elements of chain elements which are aligned perpendicularly with respect to the edge of the tire.
  • an anti-skid device of the above type is known from the German patent application 19702815.2-16.
  • the connecting elements of end elements are formed by end elements of chain sections, running obliquely with respect to the rolling direction of the vehicle wheel, of the running net.
  • the end elements engage here with their front parts in holes which are arranged in the direct vicinity of the outer edge of the disc.
  • the effort required in terms of fabrication to connect the disc to the running net is considerable with this solution and is difficult to reconcile with the fact that anti-skid devices are mass-produced articles.
  • a faster and simpler connection can be achieved by using so-called side hooks as connecting elements, but these must, as is known for example from WO 81/02870, themselves firstly be connected to the end elements of the chain sections of the running net.
  • possible connecting elements would also be double hooks and spring hooks of the type known from DE 34 27 604 A1, but these are excessively expensive.
  • DE 42 25 802 C2 discloses a rim protection which is composed of a ring-shaped disc and in which the disc is provided on its outer side with fixing clips which are distributed uniformly over the circumference of the disc and into which sections of an outer fixing device which is formed by an enclosed side chain can be clipped.
  • the possibility of using the disc as part of an outer fixing device is not considered but instead the emphasis is placed on the possibility of releasing the rim protection from the actual anti-skid device.
  • the invention is based on the object of providing an anti-skid device of the type under consideration, in which the running net can be connected to the outer fixing device in a particularly economical way and in which the method of connection provides the possibility-of using an identical running net for tires whose size varies within a certain range.
  • This object is achieved according to the invention in that the end elements which are assigned Lo the outer fixing device are connected to fixing fittings which are formed by sections of a wire which is respectively guided and secured on each side of the respective connecting point in guide channels which are arranged in the vicinity of the outer edge of the disc.
  • the anti-skid device according to the invention provides the advantage that the fixing fittings can easily be introduced into the clear internal spaces of the end elements and the wire sections which form them can be pushed either simultaneously or subsequently into the guide channels in which they are secured frictionally and/or positively or by means of spring force.
  • the anti-skid device can be adapted to different tire sizes using differently shaped fixing fittings.
  • FIG. 1 shows, viewed obliquely from the front, an anti-skid device which is mounted on a vehicle tire.
  • FIG. 2 shows a section along the line II—II in FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 shows, viewed obliquely from the rear, the anti-skid device according to FIG. 1, and
  • FIG. 4 shows a modification of the anti-skid device according to FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 1 is a vehicle tyre which is fitted onto a light-alloy rim 2 and equipped with an anti-skid device whose running net is composed essentially of intersections which follow one another along the tread in the circumferential direction of the tire and each of which is formed by a longitudinal chain element 3 and four oblique chain elements 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 .
  • the oblique chain elements 5 and 7 are connected in a known fashion to an inner fixing device 8 which is formed by a spring steel strap whose ends 9 and 10 are connected to one another by means of a tensioning chain 11 which is guided over the tread of the tire 1 to the outer fixing device of the anti-skid device and passes a guide eyelet 12 .
  • the outer fixing device includes an essentially ring-shaped disc 13 and a retainer ring 14 which is connected to it. Both abovementioned components are expediently designed as plastic injection-molded components.
  • the disc 13 In the vicinity of its outer edge 16 which is provided with cut-outs 15 which are opened in a direction facing towards the outer edge 16 , the disc 13 has guide channels 17 facing towards the center of the disc and which run equidistantly from the outer edge 16 and have essentially an L-shaped cross section.
  • the guide channels 17 serve to fix a strap-shaped wire 18 which has sections which are bent at right angles in a generally U-shaped configuration in the vicinity of the cut-outs 15 and which form fixing fittings 19 for connecting elements which are composed, in the case illustrated, of end elements 20 , aligned perpendicularly with respect to the edge of the tire 1 , of the oblique chain elements 4 and 6 .
  • the guide channels 17 are formed by essentially L-shaped webs whose limbs which run parallel Lo the disc 13 have a latching recess 21 for the wire 18 .
  • the wire 18 is held in position frictionally and positively owing to a certain elasticity of the webs which form the guide channels 17 .
  • the described design of the guide channels permit short wire elements also to be used instead of a continuous wire 18 .
  • fixing fittings 19 which are bent at right angles as in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3
  • fixing fittings 22 which are, as illustrated in FIG. 4, only slightly curved, run parallel to the outer edge 16 of the disc and permit the anti-skid device to be used on a relatively small tire.
  • end stops 23 and 24 which prevent rotary movements and act on the end faces of the wire ends are arranged in the vicinity of the ends of the wire 18 .

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US20150129099A1 (en) * 2012-03-16 2015-05-14 Erlau Ag Anti-skid chain having laterally stable guiding chains
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US3945162A (en) 1974-12-26 1976-03-23 Martinez Delbert L Tire chain device
WO1981002870A1 (fr) 1980-04-12 1981-10-15 P Lesquereux Dispositif antiderapant pour pneumatiques de vehicule
DE3427604A1 (de) 1983-08-22 1985-03-14 Steirische Kettenfabriken Pengg-Walenta Kg, Graz Spanneinrichtung fuer schwere reifenketten
US5082039A (en) * 1989-03-01 1992-01-21 Acciaierie Weissenfels S.P.A. Anti-skid chain for vehicle tires
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US3945162A (en) 1974-12-26 1976-03-23 Martinez Delbert L Tire chain device
WO1981002870A1 (fr) 1980-04-12 1981-10-15 P Lesquereux Dispositif antiderapant pour pneumatiques de vehicule
DE3427604A1 (de) 1983-08-22 1985-03-14 Steirische Kettenfabriken Pengg-Walenta Kg, Graz Spanneinrichtung fuer schwere reifenketten
US5082039A (en) * 1989-03-01 1992-01-21 Acciaierie Weissenfels S.P.A. Anti-skid chain for vehicle tires
US5236025A (en) * 1989-06-08 1993-08-17 Burns Bros., Inc. Diagonal tire chains with side cable fasteners
DE4225802A1 (de) 1992-07-31 1994-02-03 Rud Ketten Rieger & Dietz Felgenschutz für mit Gleitschutzketten zu versehende Fahrzeugräder

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EP1526008A1 (fr) 2003-10-20 2005-04-27 Puzo B.V. Chaíne à neige, pièce pour celle-ci et méthode pour placer une telle chaíne à neige
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US20090095393A1 (en) * 2007-10-15 2009-04-16 Polar Quick Trax, L.L.C. Tire chain assembly and method of installation
US20150129099A1 (en) * 2012-03-16 2015-05-14 Erlau Ag Anti-skid chain having laterally stable guiding chains
US9950581B2 (en) * 2012-03-16 2018-04-24 Erlau Ag Anti-skid chain having laterally stable guiding chains
USD1020617S1 (en) * 2022-08-01 2024-04-02 Shenzhen Putong E-Commerce Co., Ltd. Car tire chain

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